Horseshoe.



PATENTE@ min so, 1906.

M. H. YOUNG.

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MILLARD H. YOUNG, OF CATSKILL, NEW' YORK.

HORSESHQE..

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30., 1906.,

Application Sled February 23,1905. Serial No. 246,823.

To all whom it 'nt/ty concern:

Be it ,known that I, MILLARD II. YOUNG, a

Vcitizen of the United States, and a resident of damaged new ones substituted therefo r thereby obviating the necessity of removing the shoe and attaching another, as Would be required if the shoe and calks were of integral structure.

It has for a further object to provide a device ofthe chara'cter set forth embodying advantages in point of strength., simplicity, durability, and ineicpensiveness.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the horseshoe 5 Fig. 2, a side view; Fig. 3, a detail perspective view of the front calk Fig. 4, a detail perspective view of one of the rear calks, and Fig. 5 a view in elevation of one of the pins for securing the (talks to the shoe.

Corresponding parts in all of the figures illustrating iny invention are designated by the sarne reference characters.

y Referring to the drawings, l designates the horseshoe, which, as usual, is provided on each side near the edge with elongated slots 2 and holes 3, extending tl'irough the shoe and into said slots, through which the nails are insertedL into the hoot of a horse to attach the shoe.

The novel features of the shoe consist of the integral downWardly-projecting portion. i at thelfront of the shoe and the integral downwardly-projecting portions 5 and 6 on the rear ends of the shoe, the front portion having a transversely ext-ending dovetail groove 7 and each ofthe projections 5 and 6 having a transverselyextending dovetail groove S. metal call: 9 of the shape of an equllateral tri- In each of these `grooves lits a angle, so that there will be no shoulders and that the vertex 10 of its sides 11 and 12 will come in the center of the calli. are each provided with a hole 13, registering with holes 14 and l5 in. the projections. To removably secure the calk in place, cotterpins 16 are inserted inwardly through these registering holes and their ends 17 and 1S turned over.

It will be understood that to remove the calks it is only necessary to press the ends of the Cotter-pins together, when they can be Withdrawn and the calks slid out.

I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise details and arrangernents of parts shown and described, but reserve the right to all modifications Within the scope of my invention. y

Having novtY described iny invention, what I claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The combination with a horseshoe provided vvith integral downwardly extending dovetail projections having dovetail grooves open at both ends and of the sanie Width throughout their length and registering holes, the exterior side and end faces ol said projections slanting inwardly and being straight, calks of the shape of an equilateral triangle, each having a hole registering with the holes in the projection in which it is supported, the side and end faces of said calks slanting inwardly and the end faces of the projections and calks being flush, and pins passing through the holes in the projections and calks, thereby securing said calks removably in place, substantially as described.

Signed at Catskill,.in the county of Greene and State of Xevv York, this 4th day of Feb ruary, A, I). 1905.

MILLARD H. YOUNG. Iitnessesz JOHN CoNNoLr, Annina J. Pos/r.

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